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EF0 tornado in Lee County, Florida

Tornado September 16, 2007 · Lee County, Florida

EF0

Rating

0.1 mi

Path length

30 yd

Path width

$110K

Damage as recorded

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NOAA recorded where this tornado touched down but not where it lifted, so it appears as a point. Other tornadoes recorded nearby that day are shown faint.

What EF0 means. On the Enhanced Fujita scale, EF0 is light damage: shingles and siding peeled, gutters torn, branches broken, consistent with estimated gusts of 65–85 mph. The rating comes from a survey of the worst damage after the storm, not from a wind measurement, so it says as much about what the tornado hit as about how strong it was.

What the National Weather Service wrote

A waterspout moved onshore near Estero Boulevard and Canal Street as a tornado and damaged the roof of a resort hotel and a nearby Tiki bar.

The wider storm

A waterspout and at least two tornadoes formed along the west Florida coast sea breeze front in the Fort Myers area.

Began near Ft Myers Beach (26.4500, -81.9500).

Other tornadoes from the same storm system

1 more tornado the National Weather Service filed under this storm episode.

EF1 Lee County

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 49831. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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